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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPVH HEALTH SYSTEMS, HARMONY CAMPUS, 5TH FILING, HEALTHY LIVING CENTER - PDP - 32-98I - DECISION - MINUTES/NOTESPlanning and Zoning Board Minutes July 21, 2005 Page 4 so that somebody that is parked in the west building will not get in their car and drive all the way around where they might of walked across the path. Ms. Milewski replied that they feel they have provided good connections to the places where people walk. There is a continuous walk between the building entrances of this walk and the buildings to the west. Member Craig also had a concern about the sidewalk on Snow Mesa on the private drive north of the parking lot, there is a sidewalk across the street, but there is not a sidewalk along the parking lot itself. She wondered why they were making people cross the street instead of being able to go down Snow Mesa down into this building. Ms. Milewski replied that they are continuing the design that was done with phase one. That design has an outer sidewalk and the thought is that they have concentric circles; the main arterial roadways, then the loop road, parking and then buildings. Along the building faces, between the building and the parking, the intent and it is beginning now with the phases that are in, is there will be a full pedestrian pathway circuit system. They thought that the outer connection might be used for staff on a lunch break to take a longer walk not just around the building face. They would go out the pedestrian connections that go right out the entrances and go across that drive and then take a continuous path alignment around the outside without having to cross multiple driveways. In this area, every 60 feet there is a driveway access into the parking lot. If we put the walk on the inside on this private drive section, you would be crossing multiple drive accesses. Member Lingle asked if staff was confident that we have adequate triggers to require the development of this inter -core. For instance if the development never proceeds past this building and then everything to the south would come in as a completely different plan at some point, do we have the mechanisms in place to build the pedestrian open space. Director Gloss replied that as Ms. Milewski indicated that the Overall Development Plan calls for this grouping of buildings to be in a campus setting. There are 11 buildings total in the entire development site and there are six of them that compose the area that she was speaking of that brings in open space. It is conceivable that these future phases don't come to fruition and we would have to work with the applicant on how that would develop. Member Torgerson moved for approval of the Poudre Valley Health Systems Healthy Living PDP, #32-981. Member Carpenter seconded the motion. The motion was approved 7-0. Planning and Zoning Board Minutes July 21, 2005 Page 3 work to the south. There is a planning bubble that is designated on the Overall Development Plan that is required to become the pedestrian campus core area. This particular project does not build the entire campus core; it is being developed over time and will come in in a later phase and not with this phase. They have worked very hard with city staff on an infrastructure plan for the entire campus and how that is phased over time. This is still part of what is the first phase of that infrastructure plan. Also included with the first phase is a significant amount of infrastructure that was not part of the pedestrian open space. They built a significant portion of Snow Mesa Drive, a signalized intersection at Snow Mesa Drive; there is a second main landscaped entry now on Harmony Road to help identify that as a second major entryway to the campus. The hospital has been prioritizing the infrastructure piece of this, one of which is the pedestrian campus core as the needs arise and it is basically being built right now from the north to the south with this project included. This plan does not preclude that pedestrian space from happening, in fact they have worked hard to adjust its site plan to be sure they are anticipating the future campus area to occur. There are early plans in place for what that will look like, including a lot of pedestrian connectivity. Initially it will not be constructed, and the reason it is not being constructed in an early phase is because there is another ring of buildings that are as yet unknown uses that they also want to incorporate into that space. The reason it is a later phase of the infrastructure piece is they don't want to preclude those buildings from occurring as well. They want that space to be designed to connect all the buildings together. Member Craig asked if what she was hearing is that phase will not happen until build out. Ms. Milewski replied not necessarily at build out, there are phases that go from north around east and then south; that does not mean it will be the final phase. It is part of the last phase, which is the whole south west portion of the site. Member Craig asked what the reason was that we can't start connecting. Ms. Milewski replied that it is a complicated issue. There are topographic changes, the storm drainage from a master plan standpoint will have to go through this area and will have to go through future buildings to the south. We don't want to put something in that will preclude the way those buildings can be built to that area. It is a key part of the plan and she wanted to assure the Board that it is not at all something they are skating around. Member Craig stated that it was reassuring that we have it on the record that it will happen. She is somewhat disappointed because there are enough buildings to the west that there could have been some inter -connection between this building and those Planning and Zoning Board Minutes July 21, 2005 Page 2 Project: Poudre Valley Health System — Harmony Medical Campus, 5th Filing, Healthy Living Center, #32-981 Project Description: Request for a Project Development Plan to construct a 2-story 138,000 s.f. building housing a medical spa, patient rehabilitation, preventative care, and community health education facilities, medical offices, a health -focused cafe and a membership health club. The project is located near the southwest corner of Snow Mesa Drive and Harmony Road and zoned HC, Harmony Corridor. Hearinq Testimony, Written Comments and Other Evidence: Member Craig stated that she would like to see the site plan and have the applicant address her concern. Her concern was that she remembered when this came before the Board and they sold the Board on this campus affect with the parking on the outside, which is completely against what we had been aiming for for quite awhile. Part of the sale was that the buildings would have a center core of open space that would be full of pedestrian walkways, gathering places and so forth, and on the site plan that came before the Board for the Healthy Living Center, she saw none of those items. She wanted the applicant to talk about and explain why it is not on the site plan and reassure her that that is what this campus affect is going to have in the end. Angie Milewski, BHA Design responded to Member Craig's concern. She stated that they did not have a slide of the Master Plan and that was unfortunate because they do have a fully developed Master Plan that each building that has come forward is in compliance with that Plan and this is no exception. The western two-thirds of the entire PVH Harmony Campus site is designed as a campus; meaning they did not meet the build to line criteria for the buildings. The first phase is already constructed and the concept around it is rather than have the buildings up to Harmony Road and up to Timberline Road, they have an internal loop road system and part of that is a private loop road, part of it is part of Timberwood Drive that surrounds and circles the entire campus area from Snow Mesa to Timberline Road. Within that external loop road system, there is a parking area around the outside edges, inside that there is a ring of building area where the buildings go and inside that is a pedestrian campus core area. What has been built to date; Phase 1 Medical Office Building and Ambulatory Care Center which is in the northwest corner of the Master Plan. This is filling out the northeast corner of the Master Plan and what is not being shown is all the rest of the Council Liaison: Karen Weitkunat Chairperson: Judy Meyer Vice Chair: Dave Lingle Staff Liaison: Cameron Gloss Phone: (W) 490-2172 Phone: (W) 223-1820 Vice Chair Lingle called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Roll Call: Meyer, Schmidt, Craig, Torgerson, Carpenter, Stockover and Lingle. Staff Present: Wray, Eckman, Shepard, Gloss, Buffington and Deines. Citizen Participation: None. Director of Current Planning Pete Wray reviewed the Consent and Discussion Agendas: Consent Agenda: 1. Minutes of the May 19th and June 16, 2005 Planning and Zoning Board Hearings. (Continued) 2. Resolution PZ05-09 - Easement Dedication. 3. Resolution PZ05-10 - Easement Dedication. 4. #32-981 Poudre Valley Health System - Harmony Medical Campus, 51h Filing, Healthy Living Center - Project Development Plan. 5. Choice City Business Park - Out of City Service Request. 6. #18-05B Kingdom Hall - Overall Development Plan. 7. #36-96N Mulberry and Lemay Crossings, Filing Two, Centennial Bank - Major Amendment. 8. #20-0013 State Highway 14 - East Frontage Road - Annexation and Zoning. Discussion Agenda: 9. #17-04A Interchange Lands First - Annexation and Zoning. (Continued) 10. #18-04A Interchange Lands Second - Annexation and Zoning. (Continued) 11. #27-05A Waterdale First - Annexation and Zoning. 12. #16-05 Airpark Village - Annexation and Zoning and Structure Plan Amendment. Items 4, 5 and 8 were pulled for discussion. Member Lingle moved to approve consent items 2, 3, 6 and 7. Member Schmidt seconded the motion. The motion was approved 7-0.